In the morning, throw on a hoodie and step into your boots. Go out back, break the ice in the bucket so the juncos, cardinals and squirrels can drink. Back inside, measure out the coffee beans, grind them. When the water reaches two-hundred-and-five-degrees, slowly pour it in concentric circles over
I found a twenty on the floor and picked it up. If it had been a hundred I would have tried to find its owner. I didn't think about how I'd do that, because it wasn't a hundred, it was a twenty. A twenty
A bike industry veteran once told me that historically, mom-and-pop shops had the best credit, because the "mom" always had stamps on her person. She could mail checks to vendors in a timely fashion. I do carry stamps on my person, or nearly s0 – they are in the
This is just to say
We’ve been out in Jersey for a year now. Our first mowing season is behind us, we’ve entered our second leaf-blowing season. By ours, I mean: around us. We did mow a few times this summer, with a relatively quiet electric mower, but we haven’t tried to
On a cold February night
We have it in Jersey, too.
A letter every Sunday at sunset • If you're always looking, after some time you'll have seen
Prose with line breaks
A man in a diner
“The exchange of ideas is everything.”
There’s a line at the local post office on Friday morning. “Everyone comes here,” says S., “cuz it’s a little one, they think they’ll be in and out.” She tells a man with a dozen packages: “Leave them with me, come back later, and I’ll have
Six chairs and a table.
and two eggs, please.
and bird's milk
Somewhere between Bryant Park and Broadway-Lafayette
The ants contest the emptiness
Every week I think — I’ll skip this week.
